What happened: In PS Gazi Baba, F. A (18) from the village of Creshovo – Skopje, reported that on the
same day, at around 11:50 on “Anton Popov” street, more specifi cally on JSP bus no. 65, who trans-
ited on the route Rashtak-Skopje, was physically attacked by a male person at the age of 18, who hit
him with a fi st on the face area, and thus visibly injured him, causing a swelling and redness on his
face. The physical attack happened with no apparent motive or reason. Measures are being taken for
resolving the incident.
Date, time and location of the incident: 4 November, at 11:50, on “Anton Popov” Street, Skopje.
Source of information: Pres24.
Victim(s) involved: One person.
Type of the crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): One person.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In the incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language and the bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity – the incident took place in an area inhabited by people of different ethnicities; it is possible that the victim and the perpetrator are of different ethnicities;
2. Nature of violence – it was a public incident.
Status of the case: Unknown
Response of Local Authorities: By the time of the writing of this report, MOI had not responded to
the Committee’s request for public information regarding this incident.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
